revanche
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of revanche
1855–60; < French: revenge
Example Sentences
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In a public statement, Serebrennikov described how, even in the country’s gathering conservative revanche, it had seemed that some “free air” remained, if only “in fashionable cafes, at home, with friends”.
From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2020
En revanche, le texte complet demeure absolument inchangé.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2020
They actually predicted as early as 1999 that there was a possibility of totalitarian revanche.
From Slate • Oct. 11, 2017
This time, however, the “White House defenders” were the forces for revanche, and the term’s association with freedom faded.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 19, 2016
But, en revanche, it is to them a month that, like May to the chimney-sweepers, “only comes once a year.”
From Mirror of the Months by Patmore, Peter George
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